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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Too anxious to drive? Sweet mother of jesus what are we becoming? Can you imagine any member of the greatest generation saying they were too nervous to drive. You are not helping your kids by indulging this nonsense. [/quote]

The greatest generation weren’t learning in 2019 DMV traffic with MD drivers yelling at them.

That said OP, my kid had like 3 behind the wheel hours 10 months after he got his learners permit and was literally refusing to leave the parking lot and drive on a street. So, I signed him up for behind the wheel through ACE, dropped him at the flagpole and the high school and drove away. Turns out the time behind the wheel with a professional instructor did, in fact, jump start his driving, and we were able to knock the rest of the hours out after that.  It wasn’t a perfect solution though. He really didn’t have enough practice to get enough out of BTW, and he was not proficient enough to be certified at the end.  So we hand to complete his hours over the next few months and re schedule and pay to retest later.

If I had it to do over, I would use the same basic approach, with a twist.  There are driving schools that will do all 45 hours with your kid if you will pay for it. (So, so tempting).  I would probably do the piece in the parking lot with him, and then hire a driving school to do the first 5-10 of actual on the road, in traffic hours.  Just to get him started, with appointments he had to keep and a professional who wasn’t as anxious as I was, and that he would be less willing to argue with. Presented as will be done or every electronic device you have is gone. And then do the rest myself, and official BTW at the end, when it is most beneficial. [/quote]

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